Monday, June 21, 2010

Discussion on Standards for Bringing a Lawsuit

Assessing the Changing World of Civil Procedure Post-'Twombly,' 'Iqbal'
The National Law Journal

The impact of two landmark Supreme Court rulings that changed the standards that civil lawsuits must meet to proceed is still unclear, legal professionals said Friday during a discussion at the American Constitution Society's annual conference. One plaintiffs lawyer said the resulting plausibility requirement has forced her to reject some cases that she might have taken on prior to the high court's rulings in Twombly and Iqbal because "often the truth is implausible on its face."

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